I am happy to report that I just got my new MacBook Pro. I’ve been waiting for about a month as Apple had a backlog.
So far, I love this thing. My previous MacBook was a 15″ and I actually wanted the smaller version. It has all of the same things and the keyboard is tons better.
I’m not going to review it. Tons of people out there already have and would go into way more details than I would.
This story caught my attention for a very specific reason.
Arrogance.
We haven’t seen nor are we able to see anything beyond a mere fraction of the universe. For someone to think that they can “map the universe” is probably one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever heard.
The scientist clearly has no idea of scope. This is the same situation as “you don’t know what you don’t know.”
We literally have no idea how big the universe actually is because we are severely limited by our ability to view everything from this spinning ball we all inhabit.
You can’t map something you can’t see.
I’m not even sure we can map our own galaxy very accurately. I’m sure mis-applying Einstein’s theory of relativity doesn’t help matters either.
It would be interesting to get a chance to see where we are scientifically 1000 years from now. If we survive as a species that is.
I think the odds are against us. As long as we keep killing each other aliens will probably stay away and we’ll just end up killing ourselves off.
We’re probably not the first civilization that did it and I’m sure we won’t be the last.
Good article about something that hasn’t happened yet and may not happen. Written as a doom and gloom document, I don’t think there is any doubt about what this article says. I believe it.
Unfortunately, unless we address the population issues there is nothing we can do about any of this. You can’t have it both ways. You cannot keep increasing the population and stop the environmental impact too.
This article gets it right in that it presents the problem. I would also like to see articles like this propose a realistic solution.
Today, I thought I would just do a quick dump of the news stories I found interesting and added via Instapaper.
Coffee and lower prostate cancer
US West pollution was mostly caused by wildfires. Shocking. I know.
Exawatt class lasers – I picked this story because it has the word laser in it. Duh.
This is a small fraction of what I read but they are good stories, nevertheless.
I used to hate the idea of pink anything. I didn’t even want to be near it.
As I am getting older, I am finding that not to be as true as it once was.
I saw that they had a pink robe on Amazon for a guy and I almost considered it.
Times, they are a changing.
From the Franklin-Covey system…
Seek to understand before seeking to be understood.
In light of recent events, this is even more important.
To extend the quote…
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
That was a quote from Dr. Franklin Covey.
I try to live this every day. I do not go around telling people how to live their lives or what they should or shouldn’t be doing.
I think that is a good way to live. I’m not a stand up guy. I never have been. I’m not a great leader nor do I wish to be. Those are external definitions and really don’t mean a lot to me personally. I like to focus on me.
If at the end of my life someone can point to me and say “He wasn’t a bad guy” I think that would be a nice thing. Will I care after I am dead?
Of course not. You know. Because, I’ll be dead.
Planning.
We all plan. All of the time.
We may not know that we are doing it but we do. When you get up in the morning, you may have thought to yourself that you’ll visit an old friend.
You don’t necessarily tell anyone but you just stop by his house for a visit.
I don’t like that.
I don’t like it because you knew that you were going to do something and I think you have a basic obligation to let that person know that you are planning on stopping by.
I guess this is kind of a rant.
I’m not sure.
Excessive human population.
That fact drives everything else that has anything to do with global warming.
More people means…
Someone said that it isn’t the amount of plastic bottles that is the real issue. The real issue is the need for all of those plastic bottles. Remove the need and they won’t be making all of those plastic bottles anymore. The same works for cars, etc.
Our population is way too big for the planet and it is only going to get worse. Scientists seem to take the position that this can somehow be controlled without getting rid of the human issue. In most cases, population is never mentioned.
How can you not talk about it?
You can’t. If you don’t remove a vast amount of the human population, you can never recover.
If you want to reduce CO2 and you honestly believe that is the major issue than you must entertain the idea that you need to remove people to do it.
This is a new term that I coined to explain what setting up a new computing environment is like. It is full of “environmental misbehavior.”
Nothing works right the first time in my world. There are way too many complexities. We can’t always think of everything and even though we rely on checklists more and more to make sure we don’t miss anything; we still do.
This post is really no more sophisticated than that.
Series:Dimension Space Book Six
Author: Dean M. Cole
